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  • milliehull
    milliehull Forum Participant Posts: 4,762 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 2017 #3212

    Have a  lovely  time Bakers2 and enjoy your R&R.  VERY wet morning here and now drizzling and very cold but at least not as windy as yesterday.  Big celebrations here as I have been trying for months to get the council to send their gutter cleaner/sweeper down our road without any success.  They kept telling me it had been done and I kept saying no it hadn't - there must be some fault with their road cleaning map.  They finally arrived todaysmile. The council departments really should liaise with each other though as it was bin day today and they had to crawl along behind the bin lorrylaughing

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited March 2017 #3213

    I'm now getting used to using the Enterprise rented car. It looks like it could be 10 days before the Smart car will be ready for return to us. It's been a quiet afternoon today with only one cigarette delivery to do from the off licence.

    The boss rang me to ask if I could work late tonight, so 11 p.m. finish today! 

    We're now back to working 7 days a week, no days off anymore and 3 days of 11 hours with 4 days of 7 hours.

    The weather is getting better though. The sun has come out after the rain we had earlier today. 

    It's a lot better now that the daylight hours are lengthening. 

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2017 #3215

    It's fibre to the house. Our three parishes have raised so far £375K. A lot of the work is done by volunteers, landowners donate the wayleave.

    Look at the B4RN website - CLICK HERE

    We are part of it - CLICK HERE as B4SW

  • brue
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    edited March 2017 #3216

    Here at Hillhead. Nice view of the sea, birds singing, sun shining. Not good news from London. 

    No sighting of whale yet. Will have a drink in the bar later perhaps that will increase the chance.?! wink

  • Yertiz
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    edited March 2017 #3217

    Only a Fiver Ian?? wink

    Good grief Malcolm, it just gets better and better, not!!

    A 61 hour working week and no day off?? 

     Unbelievable! Or is it??surprised

  • ABM
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    edited March 2017 #3218

    Quite  Like  That  There  Stripey  Top  B2  !!

    And  either  you  are  very  tiny  or  that  was  a  rather  well  sized  Cornet  !!surprised

    tongue-out

  • trellis
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    edited March 2017 #3219

    Just getting my kit and bats ready for a 4 day jolly to Cornwall to play golf, bit concerned as when I asked my good lady to pass me the course guide she handed me an O/S map of the area.laughing, didn't think I was that bad.However if anyone in the Trethorne area gets lumped by a golf ball in the next couple of days it wasn't me . Honest guv. !!laughinglaughing

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2017 #3220

    Just think if you were working all those hours for proper money , you would be well on your way to being a miwionare as Del boy sayswink

  • brue
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    edited March 2017 #3221

    Must catch up with this programme! wink

  • Bakers2
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    edited March 2017 #3222

    Terrible news from London. Thoughts and prayers for all those who have died been or been injured and their families,  and to those who are charged with protecting us. So glad I don't work around there any more.

    Delighted to report wind has gone so has the rain and we have a lovely sunset. 

    ABM belive it or not I was wearing the same top as I watched last night 😂. Was a decent ice cream if you're going to sin do it with gusto 😉😉

    Well done milliehull. Persistence does pay off, as you say shame council departments don't talk to each other, but there again the slower the better to pick up the dirt.

    Brue I do hope you get to see the whale.

    Malcolm good luck with your new hours 😯

     

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2017 #3223

    Not a good journey home from Cotswolds heavy rain and loads of  surface and standing water all the way,it stopped as we arrived at storage,checked van but no sign of water ingress,so far,but have found that tow bar on car has started to come loose,surprisedoff to where it was fitted tomorrowfrown 

  • Bakers2
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    edited March 2017 #3224

    😯😲

  • Yertiz
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    edited March 2017 #3225

    "Terrible news from London. Thoughts and prayers for all those who have died been or been injured and their families, and to those who are charged with protecting us. So glad I don't work around there any more"

    Really terrible, so sad.

    My Son & DIL + Grandson are due to visit London for  long weekend at the end of March so a little concerned for their trip although I know they will still go because you have to get on with life but it doesn't stop you worrying?

  • Bakers2
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    edited March 2017 #3226

    We just have to carry on as normally as possible and be extra vigilant. I worked in the area during the 70s when we had the IRA threats.

  • huskydog
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    edited March 2017 #3227

    Took Lucy for her MOT and got the bus home , even as a passenger my feet were trying to press the throttle and use the brake undecided,once a driver alaways a driver surprised

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited March 2017 #3228

    Yes, but unfortunately many companies will not offer that much work because of the large amount they would have to pay! Many companies only offer part-time work when they have to pay a proper amount.

  • Yertiz
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    edited March 2017 #3229

    Exactly the approach my Son will have, I know.

    I spent time working in and around London around the same times, even exhibiting at Chelsea Flower Show when that was evacuated due to a bomb scare!

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2017 #3230

    Which they are legally required to doundecided

  • EasyT
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    edited March 2017 #3231

    Half as many hours at minimum wage might be better Malcolm. 

  • milliehull
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    edited March 2017 #3232

    We had our lovely baby daughter (who sadly later died) in Brompton Hospital in London in 1974 at the height of the IRA attacks. I just learnt to be extra vigilant but I know my Mum worried all the time I was there. As you say Bakers2 we have to carry on as normal however difficult that may be.

  • huskydog
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    edited March 2017 #3233

    So Malcolm, do you get paid the minimum wage of £7.20 ??,which goes up next month to £7.50 , yes or no will do !!!

  • Wherenext
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    edited March 2017 #3234

    Good luck to Mrs.Husky, best wishes to Brue, Bakers and MillieH for their trips away and hope Triky enjoys his new jamjar.

    I'm off this thread for a while. I don't enjoy soap operas, particularly those that are constant repeats and I'm afraid that that is what The life of Malcolm has turned into. Had enough.

  • Bakers2
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    edited March 2017 #3235

    Oh milliehull must have been awful I expect your mum was worried in so many counts.

  • Bakers2
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    edited March 2017 #3236

    Thanks where next,  I'll miss your updates might catch you on another thread. All the best.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited March 2017 #3237

    It depends how busy it is, HD. If it's very busy, my earnings can work out to more than the minimum wage. I recall one Saturday when I earned over £90 in delivery fees for 10 hours which worked out to £9 per hour. On that occasion several orders came in at the same time, so I got to do three at a time, of orders in the same area, which tripled the delivery fee earnings.

     

  • milliehull
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    edited March 2017 #3238

    We will miss you nevers but I do understand. I shall probably catch up with you elsewhere.

  • milliehull
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    edited March 2017 #3239

    Thanks bakers2. Yes it was an extremely difficult time for so many reasons. But we were lucky and were later blessed with our youngest son and have 3 lovely children and their families. The British, especially  Londoners, are very resilient and I am sure we will overcome this terrible terrorist attack.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited March 2017 #3240

    The problem is companies can't always afford to pay the minimum wage. I recall how it became headline news when Tesco made the biggest loss in corporate history! So how can a company that is making losses afford to pay wages to their staff? That's why minimum wage jobs are hard to get!

  • brue
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    edited March 2017 #3241

    Thanks for your kind holiday wishes WN. Understand your viewpoint as it's not something all of us enjoy to read either. frown

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